Stinking Pennywort

Stinking Pennywort
Stinking Pennywort

Stinking Pennywort

Hydrocotyle laxiflora

Perennial. Grows as loose mats, forming roots at leaf nodes. Tolerates a wide range of conditions. Colonises disturbed areas.

Details Description
Type
Herb
Group
Parsley
Identifying Characteristics

Creeping herb to 20 cm tall and 1-2 m wide. Leaves have fine hairs and are round, up to 50 mm wide, with scallop-like lobes. Flower heads are round clusters up to 20 mm wide, containing 30-50 tiny pale greenish-yellow flowers. Flowers mainly from October-December.
Distinctive Features

Leaves held upright and edged with five or more scallop-like lobes.
Life Form Group
Herb
Life Form Codes
Small or Prostrate Herb (SH)
EVC types
EVC 55_61: Plains Grassy Woodland
EVC 55_63: Higher Rainfall Plains Grassy Woodland
EVC 649: Stony Knoll Shrubland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Apiales
Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Hydrocotyle
Species
laxiflora
Stinking Pennywort
Widespread in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.